Posts by recordari
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It’s all relative, isn’t it? I used to commute 3 hours per day, 6 trains, to and from work in Tokyo. Never bothered me. But the other day I had to wait 2 whole minutes, 120 seconds of my life I’ll never get back, can you even imagine, while a park became available. *
Ok, point taken. But I still don’t want St Lukes to double in size.
*Punctuation limited by inability to edit on iPhone. Is it still just me?
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What I meant is that your calculation of overall suckiness has to subtract off the good of having a lot more retail available to you at an easy walk.
Maybe, but I'm still struggling to imagine what additional retail they could possibly add to enhance my existence, given that IAF my use of St Lukes has increasingly shifted to the shops opposite, which are getting harder to get into and out of as it is, and will be doubly so soon.
Oh, and while I believe I can count myself as local, I'm also just a bit far away to walk with shopping, so there's that. Or is walking the criteria?
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The main people this sucks for are locals*
*Edit: Locals who don't use the mall, that is.I am a local, I use the mall, and it still sucks. Is that allowed?
Apart from the traffic, which is one of those perennial, and never solvable, problems, what does a super mall actually contribute to the community and environment in which it sits?
This seemed apposite
Mega Malls and Suburban Sprawl: James Kunstler Argues that Poor Design Destroys Community
And this;
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Is he likely to be listened to? Because that's the most encouraging, sensible, thing I've seen on this.
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At its best, Twitter is severely handicapped by the word limit.
Some may consider this a blessing.
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Twitter. Failed. Thrice. I'm planning a group; 'Twitter wasn't all that'. Acronym pending.
Have been through the same dilemma as Ben on FB. A friend's mother??!!! I accepted!!!!
Being human, arguably, I suffer periods of self-doubt and low self-esteem, and during such times social media can be a double-edged sword.
'Oh look, someone retweeted my brain explosion to their 1000 followers'. Runs, hides.
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Grief and shock over the Pike River mine tragedy has stretched though all the West Coast's towns.
And they couldn't even get through (with an 'r') the first sentence without a cock-up.
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I read through as many of the comments on Hosking's article as I could stomach. Was kind of surprised by how many supporters he got, but then we live in a car dominated region, so guess not too unexpected.
What Jolisa said, re a civilised society supporting cycling, or more broadly, any other modes of transport than cars. Is it too late for Auckland? Or just Aucklanders?
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Darling cheese head I was yards too greasy
Platinum.
Oh sheez. That was totally unintended. I feel like a bit of a twatcock now.
It's not you, it's me.
#highmaintenance
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Sacha,
Thanks.
But really I think I've over reached, and should now withdraw.ETA: Emma.
My most recent commiserbration was the 'bottle of bubbles each' commiserbration of my losing my Metro job.
That sucks!!! Sorry if it has been discussed here before, but hadn't heard.